- Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever...
- Location(s): Michigan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
It’s been a long seventeen years since Jess last saw her grandmother or visited the family cottage set on an idyllic lake in Northern Michigan. For all that time, she’s been haunted by loss—of her innocence and her ability...
- Location(s): Georgia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1910-1940
Born in Eatonton, Georgia, a tiny town in middle Georgia, Alice Walker was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer prize. She won it with The Color Purple, and if you read it, you will see why....
- Location(s): Greece
- Genre(s): Travelogue, Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1930s
‘Out of the sea, as if Homer himself had arranged it for me, the islands bobbed up, lonely, deserted, mysterious in the fading light’ Enraptured by a young woman’s account of the landscapes of Greece, Henry Miller set off...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
In a dazzlingly original work of non-fiction, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love song that will entrance anyone who...
- Location(s): Rhodes
- Genre(s): Adventure, Children
- Era(s): 79 AD
Anxious to solve the mystery of whether his mother is still alive, and keen to follow his uncle’s dying wish, Lupus and his friends sail to the island of Rhodes, site of one of the seven wonders of the...
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Contemporary
A moving portrayal of a teenager coming to terms with a secret about her mother that her father decided to keep from her . . . was he right to do so? Saffron must work that out . ....
- Location(s): Tyne and Wear
- Genre(s): Children, Fiction
- Era(s): contemporary
This is a moving, funny and inspirational novel from the bestselling author of Skellig. *Shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Book Awards.* “The day is long, the world is wide, you’re young and free.” One hot summer morning, Davie steps...
- Location(s): Sydney, Java, Yogyakarta
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): contemporary
When Adi leaves his village in Indonesia to take up an art scholarship in Australia, he arrives in the bewildering Sydney art world, determined to succeed. Following his first solo exhibition at a smart art gallery, Adi dares to...
- Location(s): Hong Kong
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
One small island, six troubled lives, and the storm of the century is on its way. In one of the world’s most vibrant international cities, present day Hong Kong, the lives of six people become irreversibly intertwined. The past...
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